1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Development Commission

The principal issue in this and the four companion land use cases, consolidated for argument before this court, concerns the relationship between the Forest Practices Act (FPA) and Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 5 (Goal 5). 1 The counties involved in this appeal chose to resolve conflicts between the goal of forest land preservation in Goal 5 and the demands of commercial forest operations by relying on the FPA and its administrator, the Oregon Board of Forestry, to protect Goal 5 resources, rather than by developing independent programs in each county. The Land Conservation and Development…